AR10496: Design skills
[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | CWRI 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Design Project (CWRI 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
* Recognise the relationship between design, materials and construction. (K2)
* Practice and apply the skills required for successful team design work. (PT4, I1)
* Communicate your ideas visually and verbally as a part of a design team. (PT1).
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| Synopsis: | You will begin to develop the fundamental skills required to approach engineering design projects.
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| Content: | Creative spatial and building design
Materials and basic construction
Engineering problem solving
Working with incomplete data
Design as a collaborative process
Design communication
Effective group working.
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| Course availability: |
AR10496 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following courses:
Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
- UEAR-AFB11 : BEng(Hons) Civil Engineering (Year 1)
- UEAR-AKB11 : BEng(Hons) Civil Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 1)
- UEAR-AFB12 : BEng(Hons) Structural and Architectural Engineering (Year 1)
- UEAR-AKB12 : BEng(Hons) Structural and Architectural Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 1)
- UEAR-AFM11 : MEng(Hons) Civil Engineering (Year 1)
- UEAR-AKM11 : MEng(Hons) Civil Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 1)
- UEAR-AFM12 : MEng(Hons) Structural and Architectural Engineering (Year 1)
- UEAR-AKM12 : MEng(Hons) Structural and Architectural Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 1)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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